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When Muhammad Ali Tried to Reunite the Beatles

The heavyweight boxer was a confessed Beatles fan!

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The Secret Card Game Used To Train CIA Operatives
Science & Technology
Ripley's Believe It or Not!

The Secret Card Game Used To Train CIA Operatives

The CIA declassified one of its secret training tools—a card game!

The Tooth Fairy's Foreign Competitors
People
Noelle Talmon

The Tooth Fairy's Foreign Competitors

Would you leave your tooth under the pillow for a mouse?

Where The World's Worst VHS Tapes Ended Up
Art & Fashion
Noelle Talmon

Where The World's Worst VHS Tapes Ended Up

Press play at this quirky L.A. storefront filled with pre-internet gold.

Exploring the World Of Lucid Dreaming - Ripley's Believe It or Notcast Episode 30
People
Colton Kruse

Exploring the World Of Lucid Dreaming - Ripley's Believe It or Notcast Episode 30

Ready to fly? To shapeshift? To practice your art or face your fears? Enter the world of Lucid Dreaming...

Explosive Nostalgia: Florida Woman’s WWII Land Mine Find
Places
Engrid Barnett

Explosive Nostalgia: Florida Woman’s WWII Land Mine Find

Beachcombers Beware! More than sunken treasure washes up on the shores of Vero Beach, Florida.

What's the World's Most Flammable Cheese?
People
Colton Kruse

What's the World's Most Flammable Cheese?

A truck full of cheese in Norway once burned for four days straight...

Nightmare Down Under: New Huntsman Spider Colonies Discovered
Animals
Engrid Barnett

Nightmare Down Under: New Huntsman Spider Colonies Discovered

These communal, cannibalistic spiders are redefining “creepy-crawly.”

The Mystery of the Black Taj Mahal
Vintage & Historical
Chris Littlechild

The Mystery of the Black Taj Mahal

Is the marble mausoleum just one of two iconic monuments?

The Confabulation of “Elementary, My Dear Watson”
Vintage & Historical
Engrid Barnett

The Confabulation of “Elementary, My Dear Watson”

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote Sherlock’s most famous line.

Inside A Canopic Jar From Ancient Egypt
Vintage & Historical
Colton Kruse

Inside A Canopic Jar From Ancient Egypt

You wouldn't want to lose your lunch in the underworld...

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Ripley's Cartoon Of The Day

Sunday Cartoon! - February 2, 2025

Cartoon of the Day

Ripley's Cartoon Of The Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!